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Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in Belfast
Read full article: Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in BelfastPolice in Northern Ireland deployed water cannons for the first time in six years as they tried to disperse protesters who hurled stones, fireworks and gasoline-filled bottles at officers during another night of violence in Belfast.
Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates
Read full article: Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalatesAuthorities in Northern Ireland are seeking to restore calm after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other.
Pandemic will alter Communion rituals for many US Christians
Read full article: Pandemic will alter Communion rituals for many US ChristiansThe Progressive Catholic Church is a small denomination operating independently of the Roman Catholic Church. Other Catholic churches in the Scranton area suspended the celebration of mass to help control the spread of COVID-19. You dont know how that process will turn out.The biggest denomination in the U.S., the Catholic church accounts for the bulk of Holy Communion services nationwide. Knoxville Bishop Richard Stika, in his detailed instructions for the resumption of in-person services, was clear on this point. As for parishioners drinking Communion wine from a communal cup, Tourigny says he eliminated that during the H1N1 flu outbreak of 2009.